Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Brentwood Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,865 approved · 417 refused · 132 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Canterbury Tye Hall Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 0SD
Received Not published6 Evelyn Walk Great Warley Essex CM13 3DG
Received Not publishedBelvedere 47 Rectory Chase Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0QN
Received Not published46 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1AD
Received Not publishedLaurelcote 24 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 9EE
Received Not published48 Headley Chase Warley Essex CM14 5BN
Received Not publishedNethergate 39 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex
Received Not publishedRed Hatch 39 Ridgeway Hutton Essex CM13 2LL
Received Not published126 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9DJ
Received Not publishedCanterbury Tye Hall Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 0SD
Received Not publishedOakwood Hook End Lane Hook End Essex CM15 0HD
Received Not publishedLand At Brizes Corner Field Blackmore Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedLand At Brizes Corner Field Blackmore Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedLand South Of Stocks Lane Stocks Lane Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedWychwood Wyatts Green Lane Wyatts Green Essex CM15 0PY
Received Not publishedLand South Of Stocks Lane Stocks Lane Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedSunnycroft 258 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8LD
Received Not publishedLand South Of Brindles Close And East Of Sylvia Avenue Sylvia Avenue Hutton Essex
Received Not published35 St Thomas Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4DF
Received Not publishedHole Farm Cottages Hole Farm Lane Great Warley Essex CM13 3JD
Received Not published12 Roundwood Grove Hutton Essex CM13 2NE
Received Not published85 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8HG
Received Not publishedBethune Cornsland Brentwood Essex CM14 4JN
Received Not publishedWagtails 70 Fryerning Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 0NN
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Brentwood Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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